TITLE:
Ionic Liquid Based Vilsmeier Reagent as an Efficient Reagent for Esterification of Alcohols and Carboxylic Acids
AUTHORS:
Ahmed Ali Hullio, G. M. Mastoi, Hassan Imran
KEYWORDS:
Dehydration Agent, Ionic Liquid Based Vilsmeier Reagent, Esterification
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Vol.8 No.1,
March
9,
2018
ABSTRACT: The Vilsmeier reagent is well-known electrophilic reagent for synthetically useful organic transformations. Its ionic liquid version has been prepared from DMF-like ionic liquid. Apart from its other reported applications, presently it has been used as an efficient organo reagent for efficient esterification. Variety of esters has been prepared from versatile carboxylic acids and alcohols under ionic liquid conditions with excellent yields. The present system offers an economically and environmentally better alternative to routine procedures.